Newcastle United players Paul Dummett and Jamal Lascelles declared themselves "gutted" after the club were relegated from the Premier League.
Newcastle were sentenced to the drop on Wednesday evening without kicking a ball following Sunderland's emphatic 3-0 win over Everton at the Stadium of Light.
With just one game of the season left, Newcastle sit 18th in the table - four points behind 17th-placed Sunderland.
It is just the second time Newcastle have been relegated in the Premier League era having also gone down in 2008-09, however, on that occasion, they achieved immediate promotion by winning the Championship the following season.
That is a feat which Dummett and defensive partner Lascelles are determined to match this time around.
Dummett - who came through the Newcastle youth academy - was left disappointed by the news but insisted the club will make a return to the top-tier of English football, writing via Twitter: "Absolutely gutted. We will be back."
Absolutely gutted. We will be back #NUFC http://pic.twitter.com/JWgCQe7mfW
— Paul Dummett (@PaulDummett) May 11, 2016
Newcastle team-mate Lascelles - who came to prominence in the second-half of the season with a number of consecutive starts - also posted some words of encouragement to the fans via his Twitter account, saying: "Absolutely gutted! But we have to pick up and start again to come back stronger."
Absolutely gutted! But we have to pick up and start again to come back stronger #NUFC
— Jamaal Lascelles (@Lascelles16) May 11, 2016 - Goal